Saturday, February 23, 2008

Last week I spoke in church on Elder Oaks' address from last October's conference called Good, Better, Best. He spoke about all the good things we can be doing with our time, but there are better - and better yet - best things we can be doing with our time instead.

There are a number of things I'm required to do to keep a house running. There are a number of things I can do to keep busy. There are an even larger number of things that I should be doing that I'm not.

...not to mention the number of things I google to learn about, map out, price, or just plain research. This very idea of knowing when to stop was discussed the other day at this blog. And I can't help but wonder if I'm wasting too much time on my computer. The one thing I have that helps me justify this is that the laptop can be wherever my kiddos are. But does that even matter if I'm not really "doing" anything with them 'cause I'm looking at skirts?

Friday, February 22, 2008

Sorry I had to put a last name on Tara (there were like 5). I have all of your addresses already. If you have complaints or think this was rigged, you're probably right and should take it up with HR. Just kidding, you all won fair and square (I don't even know what that "fair and square" means). Expect your prize in 6-8 weeks, there will be a $75 courier charge ;o).

Friday, February 15, 2008

I've been lucky enough to win two blogging give aways! First of all I should thank Natalie and Terica! I totally love what I received and you've obviously inspired me to do this.

Here's how it works. You have to comment - only once, please (obviously anonymous comments won't count) and I will have my kids pick three random winners. You have a week to leave your comment. Don't worry guys, I'm not giving away nail polish (though if I were, you should still try and win it for your lady), so please don't feel like you can't participate. I'm also willing to send overseas so anyone can comment.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Bradley was sent home with a little gift bag that he was asked to decorate for Valentine's Day. When I was growing up, we went all out on these things. We'd show up to school with giant boxes decorated like robots or mail boxes. So when we got a gift bag, I started throwing ideas at Bradley when out of the blue he says, "what about a volcano?"

Awesome.

I do realize it's tomorrow and not today. I thought I'd give everyone a fair warning that I fully expect to be their valentine and that I will be crushed if I'm not.

But you can just put those princess and spiderman valentine cards into Bradleys' bag because mine didn't turn out nearly as cute as his.

Tuesday, February 05, 2008

No, not the jeans you hope to squeeze back into - even though high school's long gone and babies keep widening hips and adding extra skin to that which needs to be tucked back into said jeans. No, I'll leave that for a whole different blog. I'm talking today's skinny jeans.

One of those "tag" thingies was going around a little while ago that posed this question:

What is one fashion trend you wouldn't be caught dead in?

Well, it may not have been quite so dramatic as that but....

Many people answered 'skinny jeans'.

You know, the tapered jeans that go inside the boot rather than outside the boot.

I told Steven the same thing.

Well, 10 years ago I swore I'd never wear capris.

...and guess what I own several pair of?

And 5 years ago I swore I'd never wear those long pointy-toed shoes.

....and guess what I own several pair of?

Am I destined to own a pair of skinny jeans? Those high-waisted, ankle-hugging pants that I was firmly told - only a year ago - NOT TO EVER WEAR! Is it only a matter of time, or will skinny jeans never happen for this soccer mom?

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Many of you know I threw Steven a whopper of a Surprise 30th Birthday Party. To pull it off, I had to tell a couple of whoppers as well. Never will I do this again. I learned it's way too hard to pull this off without his help.

I initially invited a couple of families from our church, a couple of families from the neighborhood and some of the people Steven works with. Then I extended the invitation to even more people from the neighborhood and even more people we go to church with. When 70 people RSVP-ed with a YES I thought I'd made serious judgment error (what happened to that 40% rule? - you know the one that tells you 40% of the people you invite will actually come). Plus, with this many people knowing about it, I thought FOR SURE he'd find out.

Stacey, my dear friend whom I now owe my first born, was a HUMONGOUS help. She helped watch and feed my kids, string lights on all our trees in the backyard, pick up folding chairs from the stake center, let people into my bursting-at-the-seems house, and when I almost copped out and tuned it into an open house instead of a party, she talked me out of it and I'm so happy she did!